Secret of Using Mantras - V

‘Bija Avadhanam’ is not like any other mantra, which denotes an object other than the mind.

‘Bija Avadhanam’ is the mantra for the totality of consciousness. The practice of ‘Bija Avadhanam’ will serve to strengthen your experience of the primordial sound, ‘Om Nama Sivaya’.

When you say ‘Bija Avadhanam’, you will see the mind remaining relatively stable. It will still keep moving. But then, over a period of time, you will see that you are gaining more control.

The sound ‘Bija’ will take you to the first thought of the first human being. ‘Avadhanam’ will fix your mind to the first thought. The purpose of the sound ‘Avadhanam’, which means attention, is to conquer time.

‘Avadhanam’ will dissolve the drifting mind. The movement of the drifting mind creates time. When the mind does not drift, time ends. You will be timeless and blissful.

Siva says that you have to do this meditation with utmost ease. You should not fight either with the attentional mind or the drifting mind.

You simply sit. Say ‘Bija Avadhanam’ a few times, and let go of everything. At this point, you stop meditating.

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You simply observe everything in an effortless way.

Accept everything that is happening to you, but do not be a party to the process. There is nothing good, nothing bad. There is nothing superior or inferior. Accept everything; abandon everything.

When you have such receptivity, then you will fall into Samadhi. You will then participate and live the ‘mindless’ mind of Siva. You can do this meditation lying down on your bed as well.